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SA CORPORATE REAL ESTATE LIMITED - Disposal of leases within the port of Durban

Release Date: 12/06/2020 17:30
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Disposal of leases within the port of Durban

SA Corporate Real Estate Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share Code: SAC ISIN Code: ZAE000203238
(Registration number 2015/015578/06)
(“SA Corporate” or the “Company”)
REIT status approved

DISPOSAL OF LEASES WITHIN THE PORT OF DURBAN

1. INTRODUCTION

    Shareholders are advised that SA Corporate has entered into an agreement with Grindrod Property
    Holdings Limited (“Grindrod Property” or “the Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Grindrod Limited,
    to dispose of various letting enterprises comprising head leases (“Head Leases”) and underlying sub-leases
    (“Sub-leases”) (the “Leases”) held over five properties (the “Properties”) based within the Port of Durban
    (the “Disposal”). The Properties are leased to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, which in turn
    sub-lease the Properties to Grindrod South Africa Proprietary Limited.

    The effective date of the Disposal will be the date on which the cession of the Leases is registered into the
    name of the Purchaser at the Deeds Office, which is anticipated to be by the end of September 2020.

2. DETAILS OF THE DISPOSAL

    2.1. Disposal consideration

         SA Corporate, via its subsidiaries, will dispose of the Leases via a sale of letting enterprises and a
         “cession of leases” to Grindrod Property for a consideration of R212 million, exclusive of VAT
         (“Disposal Consideration”). The Disposal Consideration will be settled by the Purchaser against
         registration of the Leases into the name of Grindrod Property.

    2.2. Rationale and use of proceeds

         The Disposal is aligned to SA Corporate’s strategy of divesting from leasehold properties that reflect
         diminishing value and do not meet its industrial property portfolio primary investment criteria of
         modern logistics.

         The Disposal Consideration will be initially utilised to increase the Company’s cash reserves.

    2.3. Conditions precedent

         The Disposal is subject to the following conditions precedent:

         2.3.1   Competition Commission approval; and
         2.3.2   consent by the mortgagee to the cancellation of the existing mortgage bonds over the Head
                 Leases.

    2.4. Value of the net assets and profits attributable to the net assets of the Disposal

         The assets that are the subject of the Disposal were valued at R220.8 million as at 31 December 2019.
         The annual net property income in respect of the year ended 31 December 2019 attributable to the
         assets that are the subject of the Disposal was R20.48 million. This information has been extracted
         from SA Corporate’s audited annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019,
         which have been prepared in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards.

3. DETAILS OF THE HEAD LEASES AND PROPERTIES

   3.1. Details of the Head Leases are as follows:

         Head Lease lessee                                Property description               Head Lease expiry date
                                                                                                            
         Blue Heron Investments Proprietary Limited       Lease 32 of Lot 10014                     1 December 2029
         ("Blue Heron")                                   Lease 33 & 34 of Lot 10014                1 December 2029
                                                          Lease 35 of Lot 10014                         1 June 2041
         Dune Lark Investments Proprietary Limited        Lease 29 & 30 of Lot 10014                 7 January 2030
         ("Dune Lark")                                    Lease 15 of Lot 10014                     20 October 2041
         Grey Heron Investments Proprietary Limited       Lease 36 of Lot 10014                         1 July 2028
         ("Grey Heron")                                   Lease 37 of Lot 10014                     1 February 2037
         Rock Kestrel Investments Proprietary Limited     Lease 56 of Lot 10014                       1 August 2030
         ("Rock Kestrel")
         Wood Ibis Investments Proprietary Limited        Sub 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 Block M of                 1 April 2054
         ("Wood Ibis")                                    Lot 10014                                    1 April 2054
                                                          Rem of Sub 3 Block M of Lot
                                                          10014

        The Properties are currently sub-let for storage for fertilizer, fluorspar and various minerals as well as
        container handling.

   3.2. Details of the Properties are as follows:

         Head Lease     Location               Sector              Rentable           Weighted      Value of the
         lessee                                                        area      average rental*     Properties
                                                                                          per m2

                                                                       (m2)                 (R)           (R’000)

         Blue Heron     Cnr Shadwell &         Logistics and         14 587               34.22            64 000
                        Jenkyn Roads,          warehousing
                        Maydon Wharf,
                        Durban
         Dune Lark      34 Shadwell Road,      Logistics and         13 091               38.06            47 000
                        Maydon Wharf,          warehousing
                        Durban
         Grey Heron     137 Johnston Road,     Logistics and          7 394               34.22            30 000
                        Maydon Wharf,          warehousing
                        Durban
         Rock           Shadwell Road,         Container yard           398               12.02             7 800
         Kestrel        Maydon Wharf,
                        Durban
         Wood Ibis      Methven Road,          Logistics and         18 060               35.72            72 000
                        Maydon Wharf,          warehousing
                        Durban

     * Net of land lease rental.

4. CATEGORISATION

   The Disposal constitutes a Category 2 transaction in terms of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and
   accordingly, no shareholder approval is required.

Cape Town
12 June 2020

Corporate sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking

Date: 12-06-2020 05:30:00
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